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Me again, Another change to my Centos 7.2 system since my 'yum update' yesterday is that /var/log/dovecot is no longer written to. If I do 'systemctl status dovecot' I can see log entries. How can I now do the equiv or 'tail -f <logfile>' Also, why has this changed, and where is it documented?

...e a stab at: > > journalctl -fu dovecot > > The full RHEL7 System Administrators Guide is well worth a read, but here's > the bit you're probably after. > > https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/ht >ml/System_Administrators_Guide/s1-Using_the_Journal.html > > Or maybe: > > https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-journalctl-to-v >iew-and-manipulate-systemd-logs > > jh Thanks John. Another example of systemd project creep - AKA systemd's plan for world domination

...where is it documented? I'd take a stab at: journalctl -fu dovecot The full RHEL7 System Administrators Guide is well worth a read, but here's the bit you're probably after. https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/System_Administrators_Guide/s1-Using_the_Journal.html Or maybe: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-journalctl-to-view-and-manipulate-systemd-logs jh

...tab at: >> journalctl -fu dovecot >> The full RHEL7 System Administrators Guide is well worth a read, but here's >> the bit you're probably after. >> https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/ht >>ml/System_Administrators_Guide/s1-Using_the_Journal.html >> Or maybe: >> https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-journalctl-to-v >>iew-and-manipulate-systemd-logs >> jh > > Thanks John. Another example of systemd project creep - AKA systemd's plan > for world domination There were several...